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. 7. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 26. I920.-

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H. E. SCHOENHUT.

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' Patented Aug. 9, 1921.

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UNITED, STATE-TS" PATENT F IC HARRY R. sono'emrnr, ORrninannnrnmyrnnmsvnvimm, AssIGNO TO THE A. sononnnur COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, P NNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF rnnnsvnvluvra. a

esmsmf To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LHARnY E. SoHonNI-irrr, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Dolls, of which the following is a specification.

One object of my invention is to improve the construction Oi dolls by making the eyes in a fixed position and providing movable eyelids, which will move to the open position when the doll is erect, and will cover the eyes when the doll is in a vrecumbent position.

A further object of the invention is to design the doll so that the eyes are carried by a removable section. a

A. still further object of the invention is to design the doll so that the weighted member carrying the eyelids is pivoted to the re-' movable eye section.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1, is a side view of a dolls head, partly in section, the section being taken on the line 1 1, Fig. 4;

Fig. 2, is a sectional view on the line 2-2, Fig. 4;

Fig. 3, is a rear view of the head with the back section removed and the eye section also removed;

Fig. 4, is a view similar to Fig. 3 with the eye section in place;

Fig. 5, is a sectional view similar to Fig. 2, showing the head when the doll is in a recumbent position;

Fig. 6, is a detached perspective view of the eye section;

Fig. 7 is a detached perspective view illustrating the weighted lids;

Fig. 8, is a rear view with the back section removed, showing a modification in which the lid section for each eye is operated inde-. pendently, and

Fig. 9, is a detached perspective view of one of the eye sections illustrated in Fig. 8, the lid being attached thereto.

, Referring to the drawings, 1 is the head of a doll, which, in the present instance, is made of wood. The head is recessed at the back, as at 2. Connecting with this main recess 2 is a deeper recess 3 of the shape clearly shown in Fig. 3, and having eye sockets 5, 5 therein. 4, 4, are the eye openings in the head; The deep recess 3 has a portion 3 which extends below the sockets to allow a weight to swlng freely therein.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

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Patented Aug. 9, 1921.

Application filed March 26, 1920. Serial No. 368,863.

tion, by a brad, or other suitable fastenings.

The eye'section, when in position, is stationary, and is so located that there is a space between each socket and a ball as indicated in Fig. 1, and pivoted to the eye section at 11 is an eyelid member 12 having a weight 13 and bent portions 14, which form the eyelids so that when the parts are in position, asillustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, the eyelids are raised above the eyes Within the sockets 5 and the eyes 10 are exposed through the openings 4,,but when the doll is moved to the recumbent position, as in Fig. 5, the

weight holds the eyelids in thevertical position so that they cover the eyes.

In Figs. 8 and 9, I have illustrated a modification inv which the eye section is made in two disconnected parts 8*, each fitting a cylindrical recess in the head. Pivoted to each section is the lid section 12 consisting of a weight 13 and a lid portion 14 In this, instance, while the lids are mounted independently, they close simultaneously when the doll is moved into the recumbent position. v

The constructions above described are exceedingly simple and are especially adapted for use in connection with heads of dolls made of wood. WVhen the eye section is placed in position, the back section 15 is secured in place covering the recess at the back of the head. It, for any reason, the eyelids will not act properly, all that is necessary is to remove the back section and withdraw the eye section with the lid section attached thereto. The repair can be readily made, or, if necessary, a new lid section can be substituted, and the parts reassembled.

I claim:

1. The combination of a dolls head having a recess at the back, a socket extending from said recess toward the front of the head, said socket having an eye opening at its forward end; an eye section having a ball portion at one end, said ball ortion being located .in the socket; and a id between the ball portion and the socket and adapted to move so as to close the eye opening when the doll is in a recumbent position.

2. The combination of a dolls head having a recess at the back; two sockets extending from said recess toward the front of the head, said sockets having eye openings at their forward ends; an eye section having a ball portion adapted to the sockets; and a weighted lid section pivoted to the ball portion of the eye section.

3. The combination of a dolls head having a recess at the back terminating in two sockets spaced apart, and having an eye opening in each socket; an eye section having a body portion fitting the recess and having two extensions; a ball at the end of each extension forming an eye; and a lid section pivoted to the ball section and consisting of two laterally curved portions forming the lids and a weight connected to said curved portions adapted to swing freely in the recess in the head.

4:. The combination of a dolls head hav ing a recess at the back with curved sides; sockets at the end of the recess; an eye opening in each socket; an eye section having a body portion; and two cylindrical extensions fitting the curved sides of the recess in the head, said extensions having eye balls at their outer ends fitting the sockets, and an eyelid section pivoted to the balls and having a weight. a

HARRY E. SCHOENHUT. 

